Associations between nutrient intakes and dietary patterns with different sarcopenia definitions in older Australian men: the concord health and ageing in men project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the associations between nutrient intake and dietary patterns with different sarcopenia definitions in older men.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Sarcopenia was defined using the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) and the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 (EWGSOP2). Dietary adequacy of fourteen nutrients was assessed by comparing participants' intakes with the Nutrient Reference Values (NRV). Attainment of NRV for nutrients was incorporated into a variable 'poor' (meeting ≤ 9) v. 'good' (meeting ≥ 10) using the cut-point method. Also, two different dietary patterns, monounsaturated:saturated fat and n-6:n-3 fatty acids ratio and indivi

SUBMITTER: Das A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195345 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature